Syracuse, NY – The radio station that carries Rush Limbaugh’s show in Syracuse has not lost revenue since Limbaugh’s characterization of a birth control advocate as a “slut” drew calls for a boycott, the station’s general manager said.

“With the talk program that we have, we always get response from listeners. We’ve gotten responses in support and people who were not very happy with what they heard,” Delmonico said.

There was no talk at the station as of this morning on dropping the Limbaugh show, he said.

Limbaugh came under fire after he called Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and compared her with a prostitute on the Feb. 29 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show.

The comment came about a week after Fluke testified to a committee of House Democrats in favor of the Obama administration’s policy requiring those who work for religion-affiliated institutions to have access to health insurance that covers contraceptives.

She had been turned down earlier as a witness before a House committee exploring whether the policy violated religious liberty.

Limbaugh’s comment drew fire from Democrats and Republicans alike and several calls for an advertising boycott of his show.

He has since apologized to Fluke. In a transcript posted on his website, Limbaugh said he “should not have used the language I did about Sandra Fluke.”

He also said he was sorry to see some advertisers go, but told readers “They’ve decided they don’t want you or your business anymore. So be it.”

Don’t wait for apologies from the Left about things its commentators say about conservatives, he added.

Limbaugh’s broadcast Tuesday did not seem to lack advertisers. Among those airing ads were a committee supporting Newt Gingrich’s presidential candidacy, Wal-Mart, and an attorney from Texas. Among the local advertisers were Burdick Chevrolet at Driver’s Village, Honda City and the Greater Syracuse Antique Expo.

Driver’s Village makes a general ad buy with WSYR and does not specify which shows to sponsor, said Lou Bregou, the car dealership’s director of operations. It uses WSYR because it reaches older adults and people who buy cars, he said.

The company has boycotted other shows in the past for vulgarity or if they generated a public outcry, Bregou said.

Driver’s Village also maintained its ad buys with The Post-Standard after they ran articles that dealership officials believed were offensive, Bregou said.

There have been no complaints to the dealership in this instance, he said. Still, he said it was “sad” that Limbaugh used the words he did over a difference of opinion.